“When an Arlington resident took his car in for an inspection, the mechanic noticed a squirrel’s nest under the hood,” the AWLA said. “The mother squirrel had chewed through wires, cables and the container of windshield wiper fluid.”

“The squirrels were taken to a wildlife rehabilitator to be cared for until they are old enough to be released,” the organization noted.

Those are pinkies and hard to take of at this age. Can only imagine the damage the squirrel (rodent) did. I have the same problem but with rats going in my engine and chewing wires. They did $5K worth of damage and left food and feces in my engine.

http://twitter.com/Dezlboy Dezlboy

Yep, squirrels chewed thru fuel pump wires on my car over 12 years ago. Still have intermittent issues with the wire splices. Two years after the event while cleaning my engine, found a walnut stored on the sides of the engine.

jon

Don’t park on the street for extended periods of time?

Animal Lover

It isn’t the squirrels fault don’t blame it

Squirrel hater

The only good squirrel is a dead squirrel.

Squirrel hater

The only good squirrel is a dead squirrel, as I said before.

http://twitter.com/Dezlboy Dezlboy

Oh…the squirrels chew the wires to sharpen their teeth. There is deer repellent you can (repeatedly) spray under your car. Some swear mothballs in sock under the hood repeals squirrels. In my case the car was parked in the same spot for a week, but I’ve known cases where the chewing was done in a few hours.

m

I guess inspections serve a purpose after all….

xfv

And yet humans are starving …

redneck

Baby squirrel is delicious.

Ziv Bnd

I was thinking more along the lines of veal squirrel…

Fairlington squirrel

Once the are ready, release them back into Fairlington. Fairlington does not have enough squirrels.

Bullwinkle

I am all for relocating these pinkys – relocating them underwater for about 10 minutes